Academy converter · Hertfordshire

Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School

3–11Ages
200Pupils
PrimaryPhase
145969URN

Mount Pleasant Lane, Bricket Wood, St Albans, AL2 3XA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodFeb 2015

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Oct 2022

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.1per place

0.4 below Hertfordshire median (2.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire

47 applications for 22 places · 220th of 314 in Hertfordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

53%met the expected standard

Hertfordshire 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodFeb 2015

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Oct 2022

Inspection history

5 October 2022
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
11 February 2015
Graded inspection: Good · as Mount Pleasant Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School and Nursery, URN 117347

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.1applications per place, Reception

0.4 below Hertfordshire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

47 applications · 22 places offered · 20 named it first

2026 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
2025 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
2024 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
2023 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
2022 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
2021 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
2020 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
2019 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
2018 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
2017 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
2016 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
2015 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
2014 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 1 of 8 years.

This school
Hertfordshire median

Dashed bars: as Mount Pleasant Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School and Nursery (URN 117347), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	22	47	2.1	20	0.91
Sep 2025	28	54	1.9	24	0.86
Sep 2024	18	56	3.1	18	1.00
Sep 2023	28	47	1.7	22	0.79
Sep 2022	34	62	1.8	32	0.94
Sep 2021	36	65	1.8	35	0.97
Sep 2020	34	80	2.4	33	0.97
Sep 2019	42	89	2.1	37	0.88
Sep 2018 *	45	90	2.0	46	1.02
Sep 2017 *	45	107	2.4	42	0.93
Sep 2016 *	45	125	2.8	48	1.07
Sep 2015 *	45	109	2.4	40	0.89
Sep 2014 *	45	100	2.2	43	0.96

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 72% · Writing 61% · Maths 69% → all three 53% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard53%252nd of 331 in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard72%

Hertfordshire 80% England 78%

Higher standard28%

Hertfordshire 38% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard61%

Hertfordshire 75% England 75%

Greater depth17%

Hertfordshire 14% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard69%

Hertfordshire 79% England 77%

Higher standard19%

Hertfordshire 30% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Hertfordshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	53%	8%	105	104
2023/24	51%	0%	104	103
2022/23	38%	5%	104	100

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Mount Pleasant Lane Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Remains Good2022

2.1applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School
1.1 km · Hertfordshire

Remains Good2023

3.2applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Coates Way JMI and Nursery School
1.2 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.7applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery
1.7 km · Hertfordshire

Good2023

3.1applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
The Grove Academy
2.5 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Leavesden JMI School
2.5 km · Hertfordshire

Good2023

2.1applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
Kingsway Infants' School
2.6 km · Hertfordshire

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place
Kingsway Junior School
2.6 km · Hertfordshire

Good2022

80%met the SATs standard
Abbots Langley School
2.6 km · Hertfordshire

Remains Good2023

3.1applications per place 56%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 145969 · 919/2444
Trust: Spiral Partnership Trust
Capacity: 315 pupils · 200 on roll
Free school meals: 16.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 July 2018
Replaced: Mount Pleasant Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School and Nursery (URN 117347)
Address: Mount Pleasant Lane, Bricket Wood, St Albans, AL2 3XA
Local authority: Hertfordshire · St Albans

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources